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Course Title: United States History
Instructors: Pam Mayeda, Dianna Pugh, Kip Sayre
Essential Knowledge and Skills
Students in U.S. History will study the development of the United States from its beginnings until the present day. Students will expand their knowledge of pre-Reconstruction America. Students will understand how the growth of industry changed the U.S. Students will recognize how social reform occurred at the end of the nineteenth century. Students will understand how war affected the early 20th century. Students will understand how Americans reacted to rapid social change during the 1920’s. Students will understand how the Great Depression and the New Deal affected the United States. Students will understand the causes, course, and consequences of the United States’ role in World War II. Students will understand the United States’ domestic and international position in the Cold War era. The students will understand the emergence and development of the human rights and culture in the modern era. The students will understand the economic and political changes of contemporary America.
Indicators of Student Learning
Upon the completion of this course, students will:
Content
- Review pre-Reconstruction American history, including the establishment of the American colonies, the development of American government and politics, and nature of the U.S. expansion, and the causes, courses, and consequences of the Civil War.
- Examine the impact of conditions in the late 1800s on the social, economic, and political structure of the United States
- Recognize the economic, social, and military aspects of American imperialism
- Examine and analyze the period surrounding the First World War, including the changes that occurred as a result of the 1920s, the causes World War I and its effect on the United States, and the major causes and effects of the Great Depression.
- Identify the causes of World War II and its effect on the United States.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of American post-war foreign policies in Europe and Asia
- Explain the impact of the Cold War on domestic policies and institutions, including the causes and consequences of civil rights legislation in the United States.
Communication
- Build a social studies vocabulary
- Express historical ideas in oral and written form using correct terminology
- Use communication strategies to facilitate retention of information such as repeating information, constructing mnemonics and taking notes
- Synthesize information to answer questions, solve problems, and communicate ideas
- Connect prior knowledge and new information to expand understanding of topics
- Share ideas and information in small groups and general class discussion, visual presentations, written response and multi-media presentations
- Use writing as a learning tool, e.g., journals, learning logs, paraphrasing, summarizing, research reports, lab reports, notebooks.
- Write cohesive, comprehensible essays using rubrics.
Technology
- Use a word processor to produce well-formatted papers.
- Create individual written projects using appropriate production software.
- Collaborate with peers to use technology to compile and produce projects, models, and other creative works.
- Create and give multi-media presentations.
- Use the Internet as an effective research tool.
Assessment
Upon the completion of this course, students will:
- Demonstrate competency in content by passing various exam formats, including true and false, multiple choice, and short-answer questions.
- Demonstrate competency in communication by using correct terminology, expressing ideas clearly, writing cohesive essays presenting ideas and information in visual presentations, written response, and multi-media presentations.
- Demonstrate competency in technology by researching, creating, and presenting, projects, papers, and multi-media presentations.
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